Knock-down drawer



Dec. 14, 1937. a. E. RICHARDSON AL 2,102,437

KNOCK-DOWN DRAWER Filed Feb. 18, 1936 Patented Dec. 14, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE KNOCK-DOWN DRAWER Application February 18, 1936,Serial No. 64,442

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a knock down drawer. It is a primary objectand purpose of the present invention to provide a very strong anddurable drawer which may be made as a knock down structure but with theparts very readily assembled together. A further object of the inventionis to provide very simple means for adjustably mounting drawer partitionguides on the sides of the drawer in which transverse partitions may beremovably positioned, the mountings for said partition guides alsoserving as a means by which the parts of the drawer are securely heldand connected together.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a drawer made in accordance with ourinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through one side and an adjacentportion of the bottom of the drawer.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section through a side and adjacentend portions of the drawer in a plane between the upper and lower edgesthereof, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of a slightly modified form ofstructure embodying the same invention.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figuresof the drawing.

The drawer has the usual front I, back 2 and sides 3 and 4 with ahorizontal bottom 5, the edge portions of which are received in suitablegrooves a short distance above and at-the inner sides of the front, backand sides of the drawer as indicated in Fig. 2.

In the preferred form of structure shown the rear side of the front Iand the front side of the back 2, near or adjacent the ends thereof, andthe cooperating ends of the sides 3 and 4 are cut to make joints of thetype shown at 6. That is, the .ends of the sides 3 and 4 are inclined sothat the inner side of a side 3 or 4 is somewhat longer than the outerside thereof while the front and back I and 2 are recessed to correspondwith and receive the inclined ends of the sides 3 and 4.

At the inner side of each side 3 and 4 two spaced apart longitudinalgrooves 1, preferably of a rectangular shape in cross section, are cut.Long rods 8, each having a head So at one end and provided with woodscrew threads 8b at the other end, pass through the back 2 lengthwise ofthe grooves I and screw into the front 6 of the drawer. The bottom 5having previously been properly located in place threading of the screwthreaded ends of the rods 8 into the front I securely connects and bindsthe parts together. It is, of course evident, that the screw threadedrods 8 may be removed quite easily, whereupon the drawer parts are allseparable from each other and the drawer is thus very readily put in aknock down condition. It may be shipped in the knock down and assembledafter it has reached its destination.

The rods 8 also serve as supports for guides for the ends of verticalpartition members to be located transversely across the inner drawerspace. The partition guides 9 are of sheet metal and of channel formwith the flanges extending inwardly and located in parallel verticalplanes. On the back of each of the guides suitable spring clamps II] arewelded or otherwise permanently secured so spaced and positioned as toreadily enter the grooves l and snap over the rods 8. It is also evidentthat after thus connected with the rods 8 the guides may be adjusted todifferent positions if desired; or the guides may be bodily removed andreconnected with the rods 8 at a different position. The ends ofvertical partitions are inserted in the guides 9 between the verticalspaced apart flanges thereof.

In Fig. 4 substantially the same structure is illustrated except thatthe joint 6a is of a slightly different character, the back side of thefront I and the front side of the back 2 being vertically grooved with agroove narrower than the thickness of the sides 3 and 4 used. Said sides3 and 4 at their ends are cut to provide tongues of proper widths toenter the grooves as shown at 6a. The assembly and connection of theparts is identical with that previously described.

The invention described while of a simple char- 7 acter is particularlypractical and useful. The invention is defined in the appended claimsand is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure comingwithin their scope.

We claim:

1. A drawer construction having front and back and spaced apart verticalsides, horizontal rods extending lengthwise of each of said sidesconnecting the front and back of the drawer, and vertically positionedchannel shaped partition guides each having clips attached at its rearside, said clips slidably connecting with said rods.

2. In a drawer structure having front, back and vertical sides, saidsides having longitudinal horizontal grooves therein, a rod extendingbetween the front and back and located in each of said grooves in thesides, transverse partition positioned channel with a back web andinwardly extending spaced'apart flanges, and spring clips attached tothe rear side of the web, said clips springing over and detachabiyconnecting with the rods and being received in the grooves in saidholding members each comprising a vertically sides of therdrawer, withthe back web of said partition guides bearing against the inner sides ofthe drawer sides.

BAYARD E. RICHARDSON. I RICHARD W. WILLEY.

